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  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Coordinate with the 10 districts whose guidelines we determined were not compliant with the requirements of Savanna's Act Section 5 to ensure they include the 6 required subsections in accordance with Savanna's Act Section 5(a) and are tailored to the specific circumstances of the district.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Work to address staffing vacancies within the MMIP ROP to improve program continuity and fulfillment of the MMIP ROP's intended goals.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Develop a statement of expectations for host district USAOs that outlines a clear, standardized definition of MMIP-related work and establishes performance metrics to better assess the program value and effectiveness.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Establish written policies and controls for OBD components to execute a vehicle allocation methodology that includes information necessary to identify an optimal fleet, conduct fleet utilization reviews, and comply with vehicle safety recalls and preventive maintenance requirements.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Promptly return the two inoperable trucks to GSA to prevent further waste of government funds.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Collaborate with OBD components to routinely reconcile inventory, ensuring all vehicles are accounted for in the inventory management system and accurately reported in the Federal Fleet Report.
  • Resolved
    Other Component
    Strengthen controls to ensure accurate and current mileage reporting for all vehicles.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure Indiana CJI develops and implements a formalized process with adequate controls for ensuring compliance with victim assistance priority areas funding requirements.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure Indiana CJI updates its policy to implement timelier approvals of risk assessments and to reflect its current practice of conducting desk reviews and compliance monitoring site visits.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure that Indiana CJI determines the information necessary for evaluating match waiver requests and confirms that its match waiver policy and match waiver request form are in alignment.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Review RAW's grant-related goals and reported program accomplishments and assess the reasonableness of the $761,863 spent by RAW on unsupported accomplishments in the FY 2022 and 2023 Tribal Coalitions grants.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Work with RAW to develop and implement a membership program that enables the organization to better fulfill the purposes of the FY 2024 Tribal Coalitions grant and any future Tribal Coalition awards.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    $304,846
    Remedy the $304,846 in unallowable personnel salary and fringe costs for the FY 2022 and the FY 2023 Tribal Coalitions grants.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    $3,160
    Remedy the $3,160 in unallowable contractor expenditures for the FY 2023 Tribal Coalitions grant.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    $6,898
    Remedy the $6,898 in unallowable questioned travel and other direct costs for the FY 2022 and the FY 2023 Tribal Coalitions grants.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Require RAW to develop and implement controls and policy and procedure enhancements to: ensure progress report metrics reported to OVW are accurate and supported with sufficient documentation; ensure accurate allocations of employee time across funding sources, ensure contracts include necessary information such as pay rates and ensure activities covered by contractor invoices are allowable and properly allocated; identify organizational conflicts of interest and conduct System for Award Management reviews for potential contractors; ensure grant expenditures are allowable, supported, and properly allocated; ensure sufficient separation of duties and approval processes over grant-related payments; prepare and submit accurate drawdown requests; and ensure accurate federal financial reporting.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Work with RAW, as appropriate, to correct discrepancies identified on the FFRs submitted for the FY 2022 and the FY 2023 Tribal Coalitions grants.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Ensures that YWCA Harrisburg strengthen its policies and procedures for progress report preparation, submission, and review to ensure accurate data that aligns with grant-funded activities, including policies for prorating performance data for clients served by multiple funding sources.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Ensures that YWCA Harrisburg adheres to its subrecipient monitoring policies and procedures.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Assess the Huntington PD's progress in implementing the Kevin and Avonte Program grant and identify and execute necessary steps to ensure the grant funds are used to effectively implement the grant-funded program.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Work with the Huntington PD to reevaluate expectations for the remainder of the Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program to ensure grant funds are used to effectively implement the grant-funded program.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Require the Huntington PD to develop and implement its own subrecipient monitoring policies and procedures to mitigate the risk of performance and financial deficiencies in subawards it manages. The policy should require responsible personnel to: (a) document monitoring activities for all Huntington PD subawards, and (b) conduct invoice reviews to ensure invoices clearly describe services rendered and only allowable, supported costs are reimbursed.
  • Resolved
    Drug Enforcement Administration
    Develop and implement standardized quality assurance measures to better ensure that registrant applications processed and approved by DEA Specialists meet eligibility requirements.
  • Resolved
    Drug Enforcement Administration
    Ensure that the DEA perform a comprehensive risk assessment of its automated renewal process to determine if it is adequately ensuring that renewals are only granted to worthy applicants based on accurate submissions. This risk assessment should include consideration of the implementation of a routine quality assurance process for renewal applications.
  • Resolved
    Drug Enforcement Administration
    Ensure that the DEA take steps to close the gap between its previously established Specialist staff ceiling and current Specialist staffing level and develop a strategy to optimize its registration application process, which may include increasing assigned resources and other enhancements.
  • Resolved
    Drug Enforcement Administration
    Ensure that the DEA perform a thorough review of the six OIG-identified registrants with arrests and medical probationary periods to determine whether their applications were properly completed and adjudicated and subsequently take any necessary and required actions.
  • Resolved
    Drug Enforcement Administration
    Ensure that the DEA assess its Scheduled Investigation Program to determine the number of additional Diversion Investigators it needs to best ensure a practical percentage of its annual workplan includes medical practitioners and take steps to ensure it resources this Program to achieve its annual workplan goals.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure that YWCA Delaware establishes and implements written policies and procedures for prorating performance data.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure YWCA Delaware updates and implements its fiscal policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the DOJ Grants Financial Guide requirement to track award funds separately.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Require YWCA Delaware to develop and implement a plan for appropriately allocating occupancy costs.